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Garden tour in Gloucester The Secret Garden Tour takes place in Gloucester County from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, first day of Historic Garden Week in Virginia. Garden week runs April 26-May 3. This event includes four Gloucester gardens – three in the Courthouse area and one in Coke – open to benefit the Rosewell Foundation (http://rosewell.co). Gardens include the Cooper cottage shade garden with 25 bird houses and Jimmy Buffet area; the Worthington garden with fish pond and ferns among winding paths and deer-resistant plants; the Tucker garden with statues, roses, perennials galore and potting shed; and New Bridges with 12 themed gardens. Tickets are $15 and...

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Garden tour in Gloucester
The Secret Garden Tour takes place in Gloucester County from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, April 26, first day of Historic Garden Week in Virginia.
Garden week runs April 26-May 3. This event includes four Gloucester gardens – three...

Famous people, places & things
People, places and things that make Hampton Roads famous: Presidents, celebrities and more
Hampton Roads is known around the world for its people — as being from here, as a come-here, or for just passing through — as...

American college students and tour guides who have been visiting Israel for their 10-day birthright trip are witnessing the most recent wave of violence that has taken about 550 Palestinian lives and about 25 Israeli soldiers' lives.
Taglit-Birthright...

Salty … with sweetness and a smooth finish.
That's the regional flavor of Tidewater oysters as they're now being touted in a new Virginia Oyster Trail campaign launched Tuesday by Gov. Terry McAuliffe, part of his long-term effort to build a "new...

Question: Any idea what these eggs are? I can find reference to something that bores into the base of the plant/bulb, and lays eggs, but nothing about on the tips of the leaves. And it's only on this one variety/clump. -- Betty F.
Answer: Brent isn't...

The Virginia Wine Society presents Wine in the Garden at Brent & Becky's Bulbs on Saturday, June 1, at 2 pm, with wine educator, Charles Birr, according to a news release.
Charles has been educating and entertaining 'students' with his...

Guitarist Cory Smoot, the GWAR member who died last month on the band's tour bus, succumbed to an attack related to a heart condition, a coroner in North Dakota determined.
"We have finalized the autopsy report and death certificate," Dr....

In the first 100 days of the Civil War, more than 10,000 Federal troops stepped ashore at Old Point Comfort, determined to protect the crucial Union toehold at Fort Monroe. And as they fanned out from the steamship wharves into the sprawling camps and...

Colonial Williamsburg garden tours illustrate the beauty and functionality of 18th- and 20th-century gardens in the Historic Area. “Through the Garden Gate” gives guests the opportunity to venture through the gates to learn about the restored...

The whale-watching tour hit a lull an hour after it began Sunday afternoon.Massive ships, carrying automobiles and coal, became pedestrian. Hundreds of seabirds, including dive-bombing northern gannets, were simply part of a backdrop that included azure...

Hampton Roads is known around the world for its people — as being from here, as a come-here, or for just passing through — as well as places and things.It's known for its Bacon (as in Nathaniel), its ham (as in Smithfield), its presidents (more than...

April 21-28 is Historic Garden Week in Virginia, a time to see the grandest homes and gardens at their spring best.With that comes a special statewide ticket deal to get a regularly priced $175 statewide ticket for only $87 from Living Social, a...

The Outer Banks of North Carolina, one of the prime vacation spots on the East Coast, is an easy two-hour drive from Hampton Roads. Famous for its family-oriented entertainment, the area offers miles of beautiful white beaches, amusements and historical...

Just a short drive across the James River Bridge from Newport News is the country. Instead of pavement and strip malls, Isle of Wight is still mostly forests and farmland.
Cotton, soybeans, corn and wheat are the biggest crops here. Summertime farmers'...

A short ferry ride across the James River from Jamestown is rural Surry County -- a Hampton Roads community that has remained mostly undeveloped. Surry, the county's largest town, had its first stoplight installed in 2007.
The county also had a brief...

Surry County
A short ferry ride across the James River from Jamestown can transport you to rural Surry County.
When the first English settlers sailed up the James River in 1607, they first landed on the south side of the river near the present town of...

Hampton Roads is known around the world for its people — as being from here, as a come-here, or for just passing through — as well as places and things.
Its known for its Bacon (as in Nathaniel), its ham (as in Smithfield), its presidents (more than just...

Aparna and Gautam Shah moved into their home in the Hilton area of Newport News eight years ago. At first, they spent all their time making changes inside.
Two years ago, they started making improvements outdoors and they haven't stopped since. They've...

Hampton Roads' unemployment rate lowered to 7 percent in December, from November's 7.2 percent.
It was 7 percent in December 2009, too, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. Figures are not seasonally adjusted.
The Virginia unemployment...

Now that Disney Cruise Line is sailing from Miami for the first time and offering Florida resident and other promotions, it’s more convenient and affordable than ever for local families to book their dream cruise vacation.
Miami-based itineraries are...